Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm-c/Core.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -2104,6 +2104,14 @@
 LLVMUnnamedAddr LLVMGetUnnamedAddress(LLVMValueRef Global);
 void LLVMSetUnnamedAddress(LLVMValueRef Global, LLVMUnnamedAddr UnnamedAddr);
 
+/**
+ * Returns the "value type" of a global value.  This differs from the formal
+ * type of a global value which is always a pointer type.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::GlobalValue::getValueType()
+ */
+LLVMTypeRef LLVMGlobalGetValueType(LLVMValueRef Global);
+
 /** Deprecated: Use LLVMGetUnnamedAddress instead. */
 LLVMBool LLVMHasUnnamedAddr(LLVMValueRef Global);
 /** Deprecated: Use LLVMSetUnnamedAddress instead. */
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Core.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -1876,6 +1876,10 @@
                      : GlobalValue::UnnamedAddr::None);
 }
 
+LLVMTypeRef LLVMGlobalGetValueType(LLVMValueRef Global) {
+  return wrap(unwrap<GlobalValue>(Global)->getValueType());
+}
+
 /*--.. Operations on global variables, load and store instructions .........--*/
 
 unsigned LLVMGetAlignment(LLVMValueRef V) {